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Our skaters remain world class Glen Williams Barber and dance partner Kelly Johnson competed against Ihe worlds best figure skaters last weekend to finish an impressive twelfth Barber and Johnson placed second behind Mane McNeil and Hob in the Cana championships one month ago to advance to the world figure skating champ ionships held in Hartford However at the world championships the Barber Johnson duo finished ahead their Canadian rivals McNeil and McCall finished thirteenth overall For Barber and his partner it was the first lime I he lave skated In the world figure skating lonsh ph so their finish was particularly meaningful He and Kelly Johnson perform BarberJohnson team faces tough Europeans for impressive twelfth place finish both quite well although they better at the Canad finals in Halifax 1st Barber said said there was only the other team that placed bitter in the world com pel lion that had not been to the flMire skating ships before that was the eleventh place from Li Ma Ths was also the first time Barber Johnson team had beaten Canada top of McNeil and Barber said the pressure was also on McNeil aid to do well because they knew they might be upset us next year at the world figure skating championships Be did not place a skill in Ihi top ten our mm try only be to stud one pair next year Barbir said lint because 1 unit Kelly Johnson have 1 been exposed to the Judges as much is the experienced skaters fresh from the championships they The will even be more intense for the honors represent Canada Although the duo mil their goals of first in the Canadian finals or in the top ten at the world we defin ttly Barber slid of their performance this year 11 lulurc he ir John 1 will Ik in a if II in in June they II take a until off from However Ihi will do mint f heir hard irdiinnt in the summer tin lompitilions rly si of nit winter I lie future seen brig for IhKsk itn pair iHeiu is years old while Dye old hc of class purs is about Barber Of the eolith mill and lei Ih pine teams from nee Czechoslovakia and Wist Barber said 1 il Johnson have beaten Thei ten the HEP A LP SECTION THE lit HMD Wednesday March II 1S81 Page I The rundown School swimming team ami hack lo town lost J In a festive mood after winning the championships team dominated lie meet as they collected 137 points Second place in gained at the pi school I Photo by ortsweek High school swimmers win OFSAA championships Industrial hockey playoffsB2 Stewarttown Centennial bball champs Soccer coaches clinic Herald The swimming team proved they were the best learn in the province last riday by winning the OESAA provincial swim championships at Etobicoke Olympian Of the schools attending the finals Georgetown placed first in the open girls divl dominating second place Kennedy from Windsor 137 points to points Norm Toronto placed third with points The boys team placed four with S3 points seven behind third place Oak wood aside an luring the Haider Terrier Ihclr first round of pi hockey in four straight games In Iheir fourth game lrida In Ihe Haider blasted Ihi Terriers Herald photo Raiders finish playoff series in four straight The Georgetown Chrysler Haiders completed one more step in their aim to reach the Ontario Hockey Association finals and beyond when they eliminated Or 11 la last Friday night after four straight games The final game in Orlllia ended in a trouncing by the in a matchup hat wis anything but like the other Georgetown away game when the Raiders squeezed past Terriers seem as enthusiastic as their last away game contest Haider coach Gerry Inglis said Onlha put their second string goal tender in instead of talented Clyde Harris The fact that Harris wasn playing look some enthusiasm away from both sides Inglis said Although Georgetown took 19 minutes in penalties to 6 minutes in the third period the Raiders still managed to score three goals to put the game away After the second period the game was tied at Colin Gordon was the first Raider sharpshooter when he scored with a minute into the period on a Rick K esse 11 and Boh pass Gary Ford added another at the mid way mark in the period from Bill Hamilton and Ron Twiss Rick made it with a goal assisted by Colin Gordon and Hon Twjss the end of the first period it for the Haiders but came in the second period two goals by the Terrier Mike Klnncir who eventually scored a Ray scored the lone Raider goal from Gary Ford and Bill Hamilton Third period goals came from Bill Hamilton Bob and Hick Kessell his second of the night 1 yon two of the while Gary J Kudrnsovs on singles The Haiders now move on to either or Owen Sound in the other playoff scries Tn the Nutwood Owen Sound sines the games have all been extremely Three of the four cornea have gone Into overtime periods has only won one of the four games and it took a triple overtime game to beat Owen Sow I In the first Owen Sound beat while Ihe second Lime went for Owen Sound In double overtime In Hit fourth eamt Owen Sound beat Collingwood mure In score The Haulers the winner of the series this ihi at arena Soccer enthusiasm sets registration records By TOUGH The second day of youth registrations reached 836 Saturday a record for the second day total Following the usual late enquiries shall have a late registration evening early in April depending upon availability of premises Keep your eyes open for the ads and article notification later There were some notable names missing and hopefully they will sign up later Phil NASI commissioner was a surprise guest at the OSA and seminar weekend and spoke on the FIFA problems futureof youth soccer and realising soccer dreams A dream Is essential for the game to progress in North America and for Canada the eventual winning of the World Cup is mine after Scotland of course A young player may dream or playing lor Provincial team obtaining a scholarship playing for Canada and playing for a Canadian club To part of this end the provincial coach Tony Taylor is committed to go and find the talent and has been invited to Georgetown to look at some players in particular Mr Woosnam did not wish to pass loo much comment on the possibility FIFA outlawing on March the deadline day The main controversy Is the yard line offside rule in the the only soccer body to use such a However whilst discussions continue there is hope for a solution pleasing lo both sides The owners or Ihc North American pro clubs have no wish to Injure game and suggest that ihe Old World at least listen to the New World of soccer Mr Woosnam concluded by saying create ihc dream make the means possible and perhaps Barrio Clarke Canadian National team coach expounded his tactics for Ihc recent successful run which took our national team into the next round Indoor this week Pool retained a two point lead with a hard fought win over Mariners Goals from Watt and Chapman beat one by ear Ihc win Mariners played SOCCER TOUCH to 1 lie with Vikings in their second game of the night I Wilde and Tough scored for Manners and and Parker replying for Vikings Vikings earlier lost 31 lo Acton lryersand Viking Parker and Cartwright also scored Netting kept heir ill loss record going 1 down to Meteors returned to score for with Meteor goals coming from Knoepfh Palmer and Traynor At the time of writing the league is in danger of losing Ihc playing Discussions ore continuing with the Board School Falcons to reach agreement Chewing his way to nostalgic card collection For Morley Lecking English teacher at Georgetown District high school collecting bubble gum cards Is one way to take a nostalgic Journey back to his youth But not only thai Leeklng has one of the best gum card collections In Canada perhaps within Ihe top five collectors With gum card collecting ranked third behind stamps and coins Leeklng tt cards are worth much more than their nostalgic and aesthetic value says he has over cards in his collection with some cards dating from 1888 when they were first introduced Sports cards were first given out with cigarette and tobacco in the but in cards became available with candy In sports cards became available in bubble gum packages The Morley Lecking collection started when he was youth but most of his cards were thrown out His interest In gum cards was rekindled with the inception of the Toronto Blue Jays In 1977 there was an ad offering a complete set of Major baseball cards and sent away for the package An avid baseball player and fan in his youth during the 1050s started to collect other baseball cards In the 1970s He went to garage sales and flea markets searching for gum cards to trade INTEREST EXTENDED After two years his Interest extended past local displays and he started to travel to the United Slates to card shows In the United Suites there are million gum card collectors says I started getting calls from Americans for Canadian cards says Americans want and a Washing ton Senator baseball player Lcekinc has met hundreds of interesting people in his travels which have taken him to such places as Michigan Ohio and New York State He to attend a gum card convention in California within the next two years A person can go to conventions as cither a dealer or you can pick up and buy cards yourself says His collection specialty Is baseball but he carries a selection of hockey and fool ball cards My pride is my baseball collection Leeklng says Lecking has almost the complete set of baseball gum cards from the 1950s and their condition Is very good is important to a card just as It is In stamps Each card Is graded from a standard format and collectors often cancel deals IF tho standard Is not up to par Lecking says his collection can take the pressure away from the day working schedule If I feel pressured I go up and do some card sorting Leeklng says AFFAIR His collecting Is a family affair as wife Tricnc ke en joys helping search for cards at garage sales and flea markets as well as travelling to conventions Lecking a children Andrea 5 and Paul Hi also lend their support Andrea helps sort cards into sets and Paul likes to eat them Leeklng says Lecking grew up In Burlington and attended the University of Western Ontario before moving to county seven years ago He started teaching at George town District High School seven years ago and has coached the senior and junior boys team since then Only four months ago he bought a new house In Acton Last year Leeklng had an article published in the Canadian magazine Canadian Collet lor which is about gum card collecting and points behind first place Ridley College These totals combined give Georgetown a lone first plate with points points ahead of second place Ridley College with 123 team pointsandTL Kennedywitli 120 points Coach Tom Adams said the team deserved their do mi nance in the finals because they have been training longer harder and farther than any other year The Rebels placed seventh las I year Or Ihe swimmers from all Ontario competing at the provincial the Rebels had some outstanding per including Cheryl Thompson who won the girls 100 metre individual medley and Eric who won the boy 100 Individual medley Mill lit LAY The perl relay team com posed of Kim MacLeod Alii son Cheryl Thompson and Beth Stewart placed first in the freestyle relay and the relay team of Heather en Coleman Heather Michie and Kim MacLeod placed second in the girls medley Thirteen Georgetown placed twelfth or belter in the entries the team competed In The Rebels couldn t done any better because they trained their hardest and some national level swimmers paced many Georgetown swimmers lo some of their fastest person times ever said coach Adams In the club meet on Satur day Adams said they only swam In that meet for per reasons and were not significant or close to the previous day perform Medley Belay Heather Karen Coleman Heather Michie Kim MacLeod 2nd 19 m Free Allison MacDonald 3rd Sheila MacDonald 13th 100m I Beth Stewart 15 98 Cheryl Thompson 65 Mm Free Kim MacLeod 73 Debbie Newman 12th Heather Michie 2nd Free Allison MacDonald 3rd I 39 Cheryl Thompson 1 Back Heather 12th 1 Heather Michie 1 Beth Stewart 77 KarenColeman lllhl 2883 Free Relay Kim MacDonald Allison MacDonald Cheryl Thompson Beth Stewart 1st 10 Boys Medley Relay Hick Last wood Carlisle Kevin Thompson Free Malcolm MacLeod 15 Craig Carlisle 24th Don 19th 1 11 m ly Kevin Thompson 7th IO0 Free ErlcElson 4th 30 Malcolm MacLeod 100 Back Kevin Thompson flthl Rick Eastwood 16th I 14 1 17 Eric 100 I M 1st Craig Carlisle 1 Free Belay Christian Book Hick Eastwood Dan Malcolm MacLeod 1 42 I Sports in Sara first in England Sara Aggiss of Georgetown placed first on her floor exercise routine last Saturday against Competition from the United Kingdom gymnastics team 17 is a member of Cambridge Kips club and was recently chosen lo represent Canada on their 16duy European tour The Canadian team now on to Holland for more competition Canada won Ihe competition against United Kingdom after they gained points to their opponent 180 points The Canadian women team dominated the competition and won all the medals awarded except one Elfi of first with earn the overall gold medal Sherry of Cambridge Ont won the silver with and Bonnie of Winnipeg won tho bronze with 30 Royalettes host tourney Legion application to host the AllOntario Intermediate Ladies Grand Championship has been approved by the provincial Women Softball Association Action will begin Friday August and continue through Saturday and Sunday Ten teams from Ontario will in a Double Knock Out Tournament to decide the AllOntario Championship Contenders for the finals will be decided at regional across Ontario Coordinating the tournament for the Legion Royal cites will be Jim Ford who has many years of experience in ladles ball in Georgetown This Is the first time a provincial ladles final has been awarded to Georgetown Novices defeat Ching The first place North Sports Camp Novices overcame a stubborn Chinguacousy team to win took an early lead at the three minute mark of the first period on a good shot from the slot Georgetown tied It up when Mike Barnes banged in a loose puck after teammate Wade dug loose his In the second period called for interference and scored on a penally shot Georgetown again tied the game when fast skating Andy banged in Viadc Serjeantson rebound Georgetown went ahead in the third when Mark Lorito shovelled in a perfect pass from an outstanding Rod victory when Andy scored an empty net goal with Mark Lorito and Mike assisting Goaltinder Shannon Finn was exceptionally sharp in stopping a number of tough drives In Lecking collectors den in his new house there Is barely room for more cards but he continues his search additionat sets to add to hi a collection As nays there Is the nostalgia the aesthetic appreciation of the cards the fun of gaining hockey and baseball trivia and he has something to leave to his Morley spend lime In his collector room above sorting cards and searching Tor new cards Ills daughter Andrea 5 helps sort but Paul likes to his valnable collection Iters Id photo